BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Today's discussion.... Yesterday evening the temperature rose quickly up to 57 degrees by midnight and thus the day ended up warmer than normal making day number 11 in a row with above normal temperatures. The last day with below normal temperatures was October 29. Thunderstorms occurred early this morning making this the 2nd thunder- storm day of the month, a rather rare occurrence for November. The rainfall totaled 0.66 inch overnight. To date this month is averaging 7 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. Today's observations: 7 A.M. overcast with a break along the west thru north horizon; visibility 50 miles but 70 miles to the northwest and 20 miles to the southeast and south with light rain showers ending here during the past hour; temp. 45; dewpoint 40; wind west at 14 mph; six hourly min. temp. 45; 24 hourly rainfall: 0.66 inch.... BHO SA 1155 E40 OVC 50 021/45/40/2712/959/ FEW SC DSNT W-NW ALG HRZN BINOVC DSNT W-N/LINE OF CLRG NR HRZN HIER CLDS VSB W-N RWU SE-S VSBY SE-S 20 VSBY NW 70 RB15E25B35E45/ 8/52/ 53024 ASOS 60030 MANUAL 6029/ ASOS 70069 MANUAL 70066 10058 20045 10 A.M. overcast but with break in overcast and a line of clearing southwest thru northwest and visbility 60-70 miles; temp. 46; dewpoint 34; wind west at 13 mph... BHO SA 1455 E140 OVC 60 021/46/34/2711/959/ SC DSNT WSW-NW AC DSNT NE-E DENSE CI WSW-W VIRGA ALQDS BINOVC/LINE OF CLRG WSW-N VSBY NW 70/ 8/572 50000 1 P.M. overcast with breaks to the southwest thru northwest and visibility 80 miles; temp. 47; dewpoint 31; wind west at 20 gusting 27 mph; six hourly max. temp. 47. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....57 NORMAL.....52 HAZEN 57.2 @ 11:58 P.M. MIN.....34 NORMAL.....36 HAZEN 33.6 @ 6:18 A.M. MEAN....46 NORMAL.....44 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+66 [ 7.1 DEG WARMER THAN NORMAL] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........36 SSE AT 10:12 P.M. AEROVANE..........36 SSE AT 10:12 P.M. ASOS..............38 SSE AT 10:12 P.M. DAVIS.............40 SE AT 10:12 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........32 SSE AT 10:13 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........32 SSE AT 10:13 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.......33 SE AT 10:12 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.....13.4 ESE ASOS..............13.9 SE [130 deg] DAVIS.............13.3 E [100 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M... 0.66 DEPARTURE....+0.50 ASOS..............0.69 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH......... 0.92 DEPARTURE....-0.44 ASOS..............0.93 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........58.54 DEPARTURE...+15.31 ASOS.............56.79* *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.0 DEPARTURE....-0.6 TOTAL NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER..........2.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............1.5 DEPARTURE....+0.7 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 11/1 70/48/59/+12/0/0/446/72 39 MPH S Aero 40 MPH S 11/2 56/39/48/+2/T/0/543/88 37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 11/3 62/36/49/+3/0/0/449/73 50 MPH S Aero 52 MPH S 11/4 69/46/58/+12/0/0/.../.. 29 MPH SSE Aero 30 MPH SSE 11/5 71/47/59/+14/0/0/268/44 18 MPH S 11/6 57/49/53/+8/0.25/0/000/00 31 MPH SSW Aero 36 MPH SSW TSTM 11/7 57/45/51/+6/0.01/0/430/71 47 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/8 60/42/51/+7/0/0/265/44 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH W 11/9 57/34/46/+2/0.20/258/43 36 MPH SSE Aero 41 MPH SSE 11/10 MORNING LOW TEMP. 45 deg....and 0.46 inch of rainfall...TSTM peak early morning wind gust 37 MPH SSE; Aero 44 MPH SSE DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 10 HIGH 75 IN 1931 LOW 20 IN 2004 PRECIP 2.11 INCHES IN 1888 SNOWFALL 2.2 IN 1987 PEAK GUST 83e S IN 1942 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11 HIGH 68 IN 1984 LOW 17 IN 1956 PRECIP 1.14 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986 PEAK GUST 64 NW IN 1962 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling